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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Wandsworth 1884

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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Table: TABLE VI. Summary of the Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1884.

TABLE VI. Summary of the Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1884.

Battersea.Clapham.Putney and lloehampton.Streatham, including Tooting & Balham.Wandsworth.Totals.
Number of Houses & Premises inspected1 497227023364944465327700
1st Notices served16605544222975393872
2nd Notices served69373213650549
Number of Houses disinfected after contagious diseases185442831 rooms 6369358
Number of Houses in which contagious disease occurred after disinfection..3......3
Number of Houses from which bedding, &c. was burnt621..5233
Overcrowding abated151233437
Disinfecting apparatus at Putney number of times used....26....26
Cesspools emptied & cleansed....44210
Cesspools abolished1529219
Waterclosets constructed or repaired420361502112121260
Houses supplied with water28258235
Drains constructed or connected with Sewer27713131..138577
No. of feet of New Sewers and Branch Drains1037037225746..1975039588
Drains repaired or trapped, or obstructions removed63072192216381697
Open Ditches, Ponds, &c. cleansed....213..15
Dust-bins provided33794871305101158
Leaky House-roofs & Gutters repaired60137......190
Water-cisterns covered & rep'd179671......757
Yards drained and paved..240....240
Pig Nuisances removed159295388
Accumulation of Offal, Manure &c. removed292986221149
Unwholesome and dilapidated Houses cleansed or repaired31638083312749
Cases investigated by Magistrates142153548
Compulsory Orders obtained1318..3233
Compulsory Works executed1317....232
Works remaining in abeyancc from various causes..1......1